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5 Effective Ways to Invest In Your Employees

By: Neya Abdi on 06/05/17 14:21

Your company’s greatest asset is its people. They push your product, solve complex problems, and keep your business running. Ideally, you want great employees who stick around to ...

4 Tangible Benefits of Recruiting Non-Native English Speakers

By: Neya Abdi on 05/30/17 10:30

It’s a requirement that regularly appears in job postings: native English speakers only. Communication is vital to business, and it’s more than fair to require excellent language ...

Top 5 Perks Employees Enjoy at a Multinational Company

By: Neya Abdi on 05/22/17 10:04

Startups are all the rage right now, but there's still something to be said about working for a multinational company. The experience, the diversity, and the high stakes all ...

How to Express Yourself Confidently in Meetings When English is Not Your First Language

By: Neya Abdi on 05/15/17 11:14

You are educated, experienced, and motivated, but English is not your first language and you work in an anglophone environment. Your writing and reading skills are great, but when ...

6 Tricks The Best Public Speakers Use To Captivate Their Audience

By: Neya Abdi on 05/10/17 13:20

Are you terrible at public speaking? Good news: You don’t have to be. Public speaking is a skill. Contrary to popular belief, a bad public speaker can improve. While it may take ...

What Americans Really Mean When They Say Things Like “How Are You?”

By: Neya Abdi on 05/05/17 11:18

[ps2id id='start-post' target=''/]You can have all the dictionaries, phrasebooks, and apps in the world and still have no clue what someone really means. Once you’ve mastered ...

5 Easy Tips for Writing a Professional Email in English

By: Neya Abdi on 05/02/17 17:00

[ps2id id='landingpage' target=''/]Writing a professional email in English can be difficult, even for native speakers. Why? There are casual ways we use the English language that ...

It’s Never Too Late to Learn To Speak English Fluently

By: Gabriel Aubry on 04/25/17 17:00

[ps2id id='landingpage' target=''/]Whether you are a first-year college student or on the verge of retirement, there is never a bad time to learn to speak English fluently. While ...

5 Tips For Improving Your English Pronunciation

By: Manuel Ascanio on 04/03/17 12:28

One of the most difficult aspects of learning English is mastering proper English pronunciation. It takes time and practice (and practice and some more practice after that). To ...

11 Idioms & Expressions You’ll Hear In An International Workplace

By: Neya Abdi on 03/27/17 11:20

[ps2id id='landingtarget' target='business-english-idioms-expressions'/]Discovering new English idioms and expressions can be a lot of fun. It can also be frustrating, especially ...